SMF to BUR flight delays
Sacramento, CA (SMF) Burbank, CA (BUR) · 358 miles
2,644 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.34%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.82%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
53 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Sacramento to Burbank keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on SMF to BUR. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in May.
Every airline on SMF to BUR
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 2,644 | 85.34% | 1.82% | 53 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
BUR to SMF Burbank back to Sacramento 86.48% on time BOther routes from Sacramento
Common questions
Are flights from Sacramento to Burbank usually delayed?
85.34% of flights on the SMF to BUR route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Sacramento to Burbank?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 2,644 flights and 85.34% arriving on time.
How often are SMF to BUR flights cancelled?
1.82% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 18 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Sacramento to Burbank?
February, when 90.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 79.9%.
When SMF to BUR flights are late, how late are they?
About 53 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on SMF to BUR during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →